Livestock Contracts

Livestock Futures are Derivatives Contracts that provide market participants with a tool for hedging against price risk. The livestock contracts are priced and traded in Rands per kilogram. In partnership with Red Meat Abattoirs Association (RMAA) and its members the contracts are cash-settled, referencing two-weeks of transactional data for the specific expiry and easily accessed via JSE commodity derivatives members.

Who is this for?​

Typically, this product is used by those with a vested interest in protecting themselves against adverse price movements in the South African Livestock market. Hedgers may be commercial livestock producers, feedlots, abattoirs and consumers. Producers can employ a short hedge to lock in a selling price and end-users can use a long hedge to secure a purchase price. Speculators hoping to make a profit on short-term movements in the Futures Contract price also make use of this product.​​​

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